October 25, 2024

The Stuttering Lede, Oct. 25th, 2024

10 days until we find out if we can stop fascism

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.” Robert Frost

Elections 2024

• What do you call a man who says things white supremacists say, does what white supremacists do & openly praises the dictionary's literal personification of "white supremacy?" According to your media faves, you call him anything BUT a "white supremacist."

• Trump: Think of the words.. towns that have been invaded and conquered. They've been conquered, they've been conquered.. And we have a lot of towns that haven't yet been infected.

• Trump says migrants with weapons have taken over Times Square.

• Bloomberg News analyzed more than 53,000 posts sent from Musk’s Twitter account between 2011 and 2024 to determine which topics he prioritized -- and which received the most engagement. Anti-immigration and voter fraud conspiracies top the list.

• ADL CEO "Greenblatt found time in the past two days to tweet about his loathing for Jewish pro-Palestine student protesters, but didn’t have a moment to spare for the single-most terrifying thing an American Jew could read: that the potential next president thinks Adolf Hitler was good."

• USPS blue collection box damaged by fire overnight.

• "Musk’s involvement in Trump’s campaign cannot be separated from Trump’s pick of JD Vance as his running mate, someone who is even more pro-Russian than Musk, and someone whose regressive Catholic ties have aligned neatly with Russia in the recent past."

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• Did some mainstream media outlets temper their coverage in order to avoid angering Donald Trump?

• He’s angling for a pardon from Joe if he loses. Get ready for all the “to heal the divisions in the country” arguments in Nov and Dec which will also come from some Dems and media. Bookmark this.

• Donald Trump's directed $7.1 million of political money to his businesses so far in this campaign.

• Take Back the States’: The Far-Right Sheriffs Ready to Disrupt the Election.

• Trump said he would “fire” special counsel Jack Smith on his first day back in the White House if he is elected again, making clear that he would push to drop a pair of federal cases against him.

Politics

• Trump-appointed Judge Amul Thapar last night argued donors and taxpayers should reconsider their financial support of law schools unless they hire more scholars who embrace "originalism" and better equip lawyers to argue cases based on the doctrine.

• Iceland embraced a shorter work week. Here’s how it turned out.

• Heritage Foundation has a Zionist adjunct to Project 2025 called “the Esther Project.”

• Angela Merkel's memoirs are out next month. This week's Charlemagne revisits her legacy. She led Germany - and thus Europe - as if in a make-believe world, letting it enjoy an extended geopolitical and economic nap from which it still needs to wake up.

• Target is lowering prices on more than 2,000 items in an effort to win back cash-strapped customers for the holiday season. They plan to cut prices for some food and beverages, essentials, and other items.

• Turkey, a NATO country by the way, is relentlessly bombing and massacring Kurds in northern Syria.

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• JNIM claimed an attack on a border post at Assamaka, northern Niger, near the Algerian border. This would be the group’s first attack in far northern Niger. Nigerien Tuareg rebels (FAL) gave a competing claim for the attack but have not published evidence as JNIM has.

• Lawmakers urge Justice Department to investigate Jared Kushner as unregistered Saudi agent.

• Guess who’s suing the FTC to stop ‘click to cancel.’

Women Rights

• An Alabama resident tracked by phone to a Florida clinic.

• Dear God. 'He said he wasn’t interested in a scenario where a woman was unconscious because he liked to hear women scream.'

Russia/Ukraine

• Finland warns of hostile activities by Russia.

• Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Vladimir Putin since late 2022. Since that time, Musk:

  • Bought Twitter,

  • Allowed Russian misinformation to flourish

  • Thwarted Ukraine attack on the Russian Black Sea Fleet by denying Starlink to Ukraine

  • Backed plan for Ukraine to cede Crimea to Russia

  • Amplified Russian-funded Tenet Media

  • Pushed memes created by Russian intel

  • Donated hundreds of millions to Trump campaign

• Leaks from Russian intelligence show that Putin wants to falsify the election results in Georgia, which will be followed by bloodshed.

Gun Violence

• A 60-year-old Arizona man arrested for shooting up a Phoenix Democratic National Committee office had 200 guns (including machine guns), 250,000 rounds of ammo, body armor and silencers in his home. Police believe he was planning a mass casualty event.

Tech

• Elon Musk has used his wealth to buy the shambling, decaying corpse of Donald Trump and MAGA in order to seize control over the government without ever appearing on a ballot.

• Elon Musk’s Secret Conversations With Vladimir Putin.

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• Elon Musk's pro-Trump super PAC just awarded $1 million to registered voters in Michigan & Wisconsin. This comes one day after news broke that DOJ warned the PAC that its sweepstakes may be illegal. They mysteriously did not name a winner yesterday, but they named 2 today. Musk has been informed by the DoJ that this is against the law. He has NO EXCUSE for this now.

• Elon Musk has regularly talked with  Vladimir Putin — and faced 'implicit threats.’

Misc.

• Oxford student betrayed over Shakespeare PhD rejection.

• Helen Mirren says she feels “sad” that Kurt Cobain is no longer alive because he never got the chance to experience GPS and its “magical” functionality.

• WWE’s Vince and Linda McMahon are accused of knowingly allowing the grooming, exploitation and sexual abuse of young boys throughout the 1980s and ’90s.